# संख्या
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संख्या (saṃkhyā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /səŋ.kʰjɑː/, [sɐ̃ŋ.kʰjäː]

### Noun

संख्या • (saṅkhyā) f (Urdu spelling سنکھیہ)
* number
    Synonyms: अंक (aṅk), नंबर (nambar)
* reckoning, counting
* a calculation
* (grammar) number

#### Derived terms

* अधिसंख्य (adhisaṅkhya)
* अल्पसंख्यक (alpasaṅkhyak)
* असंख्य (asaṅkhya)
* असंख्यक (asaṅkhyak)
* असंख्यात (asaṅkhyāt)
* असंख्येय (asaṅkhyey)
* गणसंख्या (gaṇsaṅkhyā)
* जनसंख्या (jansaṅkhyā)
* निःसंख्य (niḥsaṅkhya)
* परिसंख्या (parisaṅkhyā)
* परिसंख्यात (parisaṅkhyāt)
* बहुसंख्यक (bahusaṅkhyak)
* बहुसंख्या (bahusaṅkhyā)
* मृत्यु-संख्या (mŕtyu-saṅkhyā)
* संख्यांकित (saṅkhyāṅkit)
* संख्यात्मक (saṅkhyātmak)
* संख्यावाचक (saṅkhyāvācak)
* संख्येय (saṅkhyey)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “संख्या”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “संख्या”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संख्या (saṃkhyā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /səŋ.kʰja/

### Noun

संख्या • (saṅkhyā) f
* number
* reckoning, counting
* a calculation
* (grammar) number

#### Derived terms

* सांख्यिकी (sāṅkhyikī, “statistics”)

### See also

* अंक (aṅka, “digit”)
* आकडा (ākḍā, “number”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “संख्या”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “संख्या”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* सङ्ख्या (saṅkhyā)

### Alternative scripts

* সংখ্যা (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬂᬔ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
* সংখ্যা (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰽𑰏𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀁𑀔𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* သံချာ (Burmese script)
* સંખ્યા (Gujarati script)
* ਸਂਖ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑌂𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦁꦑꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂁𑂎𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಸಂಖ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
* សំខ្យា (Khmer script)
* ສໍຂ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
* സംഖ്യാ (Malayalam script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡘᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘽𑘏𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠻᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧞𑦯𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑄𑐏𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
* ସଂଖ୍ଯା (Odia script)
* ꢱꢀꢓ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆁𑆒𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖽𑖏𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
* සංඛ්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑪖𑩝 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚫𑚋𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
* ஸஂக்²யா (Tamil script)
* సంఖ్యా (Telugu script)
* สํขฺยา (Thai script)
* སཾ་ཁྱཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓀𑒐𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨸𑨌𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

सम्- (sam-) +‎ ख्या (khyā).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sɐŋ.kʰjɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪ɐŋ.kʰjɑː/

### Root

संख्या • (saṃkhyā)
* to reckon or count up, sum up, enumerate, calculate
* to estimate by
* to appear along with, be connected with, belong to

#### Derived terms

* संख्याति (saṃkhyāti)
* संख्यापयति (saṃkhyāpayati)

### Noun

संख्या • (saṃkhyā) stem, f
* a number, sum, total
* a numeral
* reckoning or summing up
* numeration
* calculation
* deliberation, reasoning, reflection, reason, intellect
* name, appellation
* a particularly high number
* manner
* (geometry) a gnomon (for ascertaining the points of the compass)

#### Descendants

* Pali: saṅkhyā
** → Burmese: သင်္ချာ (sanghkya)
* → Hindi: संख्या (saṅkhyā) (learned)
* → Marathi: संख्या (saṅkhyā) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “संख्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1128/1.
* “संख्या” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 575.